The Indian Arm Wrestling Federation launched in 1977, but Bollywood acting couple Parvin Dabas and Preeti Jhangiani have given the sport a new lease of life.
Athletes flex biceps before going hand-to-hand in a newly televised arm-wrestling league seeking to take the sporting spotlight in otherwise cricket-mad India.
Contestants fight under bright studio lights with a cheering audience as opponents push down the other person's arm in the Pro Panja League at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi Stadium. Harman Mann of Baroda Badshahs competes against Tawheed Shaikh of Ludhiana Lions during the professional arm wrestling tournament Pro Panja League 2023 in New Delhi.Arm wrestler Shaikh Tawheed worked as a stone mason, motorbike mechanic and gym cleaner before finding PPL fame in the 90-kilogram category.
Tawheed has moved from a one-room rented house in his home city of Aurangabad in Maharashtra state and bought his own home. Among the athletes is also 38-year-old mother Farheen Dehalvi, who went from participating in local competitions in the state of Madhya Pradesh to taking down her opponents in a bright-coloured team jersey in front of a large TV audience.
"I went to see an arm-wrestling match in my district, and people urged me to play the sport as they thought I am powerful," Dehalvi told AFP.
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